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Cliffs of Svalbard

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Cliffs of Svalbard

Photograph by Stuart Chape

"The high cliffs of Svalbard drop steeply into the sea," says Stuart Chape, who submitted this picture from Norway's Arctic archipelago to the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. "The eroded green cliffs, remnant snow, and aquamarine sea create an abstract visual impression."

A rugged abstract painted by Mother nature,giving us five colours, and great beauty waits for a moment in time when we will not only appreciate it all, but share it as this picture has done. So I thank you,Stuart. j.e.s.........

Amazing cliff face. The centre of which is very interesting and I would love to know the ecological reason behind the horizontal rift down the centre. Almost as if a second section of mountain had been added like a sandwhich to the top of the first mountain.